Netanyahu’s new Jewish Nation-State Act gives constitutional status to what has long been Israel’s reality. It is a racist apartheid-type state. Netanyahu’s confidence in stating this openly has come about because of the general drift to the Right of politics, underlined by Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, in defiance of the…
LABOUR EXPEL LEADING ANTI-RACIST FROM PARTY TO APPEASE THE RIGHT
We are reposting this article by Tony Greenstein, writing on the sacrifice of an outstanding anti-racist, Marc Wadsworth for having dared to criticise a pro-Israel MP. CORBYN GROW A BACKBONE Watching the uncritical acceptance by Jeremy Corbyn’s office of the expulsion of Marc Wadsworth is like watching someone slowly committing suicide oblivious to all offers of help.…
SYRIA – DOUBTS, LAW AND GRAND STRATEGY
Yassamine Mather argues that behind the cruise missile strikes in Syria lies the plan to bring about regime change in Iran SYRIA – DOUBTS, LAW AND GRAND STRATEGY Irrespective of what the experts from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons say, there is no doubt that the Syrian dictator is…
SMEARS ROLL ON
Mike McNair ( CPGB-Weekly Worker) examines the ‘anti-Semitism’ smears currently focussed on the Labour Party, and in particular Jeremy Corbyn. He shows the wider political intent behind these for the Right and the Israeli state. SMEARS ROLL ON Kate Hopkins and Ian Paisley Junior, two…
‘SCOTTISH STAND UP TO RACISM’ BOWS TO ZIONIST PRESSURE
On Saturday, 17th March, the organisers of ‘Scottish Stand Up to Racism’ (SUTR) are organising a march in Glasgow in which the racist Confederation of Friends of Israel, displaying Israeli flags will be allowed to participate. Not surprisingly this has aroused considerable opposition, not least amongst Palestinians who are victims of Israeli state racist oppression.…
AHED TAMINI – TWO FACED HYPOCRISY
We are posting this article by Tony Greenstein about the Ahed Tamini Affair. It was first posted at:- https://www.weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/1189/two-faced-hypocrisy/ TWO-FACED HYPOCRISY Ahed Tamimi: her treatment highlights the true nature of Zionism Over the past month a 16-year-old girl, Ahed Tamimi, has become a Palestinian heroine compared to Joan of Arc. Israeli Zionists…
HANDS OFF AFRIN! SOLIDARITY WITH THE KURDS
If ever the Kurdish saying “No friends but the mountains” applied it is in the situation the People’s Defence Force/Womens’s Defence Force now confront in Afrin on the Turkish Syrian border. In the Byzantine politics for which this region is infamous, for a brief period the interests of the US government and the Kurds in…
ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL and DON’T ABANDON THE PALESTINIAN CAUSE
In the first posted article article Pink Floyd performer, Roger Waters, highlights the attempts being made to close down the increasingly successful Boycott, Divestment and sanctions Campaign in the USA. In the second article, Tony Greenstein provides an analysis of what is going on the Labour Party over Palestine. Despite the change of leadership under Jeremy Corbyn,…
HOW TERRORISM CREATED MODERN ISRAEL
At a time when the Israeli state, backed by the US and UK, likes to project itself as being part of the War on Terror, a book, State of terror – how terrorism created modern Israel, has recently been published. This book, written by Thomas Suarez, is reviewed by here Tony Greenstein. HOW TERRORISM CREATED MODERN…
TURKEY – IT’S NOT OVER YET
This article by Even Uslu, a Turkish communist, exposes the fraud involved in Recep Erdogan’s recent referendum designed to concentrate power in the Turkish Presidency. TURKEY – IT’S NOT OVER YET THE AKP GOVERNMENT IS IN CRISIS FOLLOWING THE RIGGED REFERENDUM Celebrating amid the fraud The shambles that followed the April 16 referendum to amend the constitution…